How do you define success

Najaf is often cited as a success in Operation Iraqi Freedom. And there have been successes there: security is in Iraqi hands, police and fire stations have been refurbished, schools are being worked on; but even Americans involved in the rebuilding effort are frustrated. One is quoted in today's NY Times, "This country is filled with projects that were never completed or were completed and have never been used." But

• at a water treatment plant that was supposed to be finished in June the pipe to feed the plant from a nearby river was buried unmarked and has not yet been found
• only now is the Army producing a list of all current and future projects to prioritize the allocation of funds
• American officers say there is almost no oversight after a contract is awarded
• four water treatment plants, on which almost a $1 million has been spent, are in danger of being repossessed by the Army
• a newly built sewage plant could not be used for eight months because no one was trained how to use it
• another sewage plant has lain dormant since December for the same reason
• contracts are let without consulting the institutions involved
• to refurbish a hospital that was looted we paid $2 million for new linoleum, new ceiling tiles, draining a flooded basement and fixing the air conditioning. We did not spend any money on the stolen MRI or CT scanner
• we paid Parsons to fix the hospital's incinerators, but it supposedly completed the work without hooking up the gas lines needed to fuel them

How much of a success is Najaf?